The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 51, December 22, 2002, Article 3

SHOW & TELL: LA SCIENCE DES MEDAILLES

Hadrien Rambach writes: "I bought an interesting item, one
week ago : [Louis JOBERT (1637-1719)], La Science des
médailles. Nouvelle édition avec des remarques historiques
& critiques [par Joseph BIMARD DE LA BASTIE (1703-
1742)], Paris (de Bure l'aïné) 1739, 2 volumes in-12. It is
the very best edition of this manual, the interesting book of
Jobert (1692) being completed by the numerous comments
of Bimard de la Bastie.

The copy I just found is bound in full contemporary calf, used
but sound and decorative. It has a manuscript ex-libris of L. H.
Bussenius (dated 1758), but I do know know who he is. But it
has also the printed 18th century ex-libris, on both volumes, of
Johann Christoph RASCHE (1733-1805). This numismatist is
well known for his Lexicon universae rei nummariae veterum et
praecipue Graecorum ac Romanorum (Leipzig, by Gleditsch,
1785-1805, 10 volumes). He also wrote Rarissima romanorum
a Iulio Caesare ad Heraclium Usque numismata quae ex omni
genere Metallorum (Nürnberg, by Hauff, in 1777, octavo),
Lexicon abruptionum quae in numismatibus romanorum
occurrunt (Nürnberg, by Hauff, in 1777, octavo), and Roms
vormalige Verfassung zu deutlicher Aufklärung alter Schrifsteller,
antiker Münzen, Gemmen, Inschriften und anderen römischer
Denkmale (Nürnberg, by Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, in 1778, 2
volumes octavo). This important writer also published in 1778-
1779 his Kenntnis antiker Münzen nach den Grundsätzen des
Père L. Jobert und des Herrn de La Bastie (Nürnberg, by
George Peter Monath), a German adaptation of the book I
just bought!

It is widely annotated, without many interesting remarks, I fear.
But I had not still the time to look at it very seriously ? I only
wonder if other interesting copies of the Jobert do survive (it
has been translated in many other languages). Should one of
you, readers, know that, please email me!
hadrien2000 at hotmail.com"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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